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SKU: BJ.1449
Composed by Kjell Perder. Secular. Octavo. 16 pages. Bo Ejeby Forlag - Digital #1449. Published by Bo Ejeby Forlag - Digital (BJ.1449).8.27 x 11.7 inches.
Lyrics based on authentic quotes from death penalty prisoners facing execution.
"The choir piece Our last words allows a number of silenced voices – facing execution – to come forward in emotional goodbyes, pleads for forgiveness, assurances of innocence and wise advices to the survivors. Yes, there is a hint of revolt against the eye-for-an-eyementality and retaliation, but maybe the piece deals mostly with our common ontological longing of condonation? Is there a divine grace for us all: sinners, victims and executioners?
Our last words is not completely a cappella. Thuds from four staffs is heard here and there as to emphasize the final words of a pilgrim; a percussive interpunction when life and death is about to be summed up, even echoes of the hammer-blows from the most famous crucifixion in history.
Christe eleison…" – K. Perder.
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